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Signs and Portents: Two-headed snake hatched in Pittston, Pennsylvania

Jimmy Fisher
The Sunday Dispatch
Wed, 15 Aug 2018 20:56 UTC
Gemini, the two-headed snake, is already four weeks old and will, hopefully, be on display at The Pet Zone in Pittston should it live past six months.
© Jimmy Fisher | Sunday DispatchGemini, the two-headed snake, is already four weeks old and will, hopefully, be on display at The Pet Zone in Pittston should it live past six months.
A little over a month ago, a snake egg began hatching at The Pet Zone and two little heads popped out of the shell.

Bill Pambianco Sr. and his son, Bill Jr., thought it was twin snakes. But, it was something much different.

"There was two heads sticking out and we thought it was twins but, as it emerged a little more, we saw it had two heads," Bill Jr. said. "There was no inclination; it was just a random thing that happened. We did not know that it was going to be two-headed."

According to Bill Jr., manager of the Pet Zone and a reptile enthusiast, there is a 1 in 100,000 chance of a two-headed snake hatching.
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Dead whale shark found near Manila, Philippines

Katherine Marajas
Manila Bulletin
Fri, 17 Aug 2018 14:25 UTC
A man takes photo of the carcass of a Whale Shark or locally known as Butanding at Navotas fish port on Friday.
© Jansen Romero/ MANILA BULLETINA man takes photo of the carcass of a Whale Shark or locally known as Butanding at Navotas fish port on Friday.
A whale shark or 'butanding' was found dead in Navotas Fish Port, Friday.

The 16-foot corpse was discovered by the residents near Navotas Fish Port according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) officials.

The whale shark was seen floating around 11 p.m. Thursday.

Residents pulled out the butanding to the shore as foul odor was emanating from it.
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'Get me out of the water' man yells following first shark attack in years at Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Noah Feit
The Island Packet
Wed, 15 Aug 2018 13:31 UTC
A sign warns visitors to Long Nook Beach
© Merrily CassidyA sign warns visitors to Long Nook Beach of recent shark sightings, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018 in Truro, Mass. A man swimming off Cape Cod was attacked by a shark on Wednesday and was airlifted to a hospital. It was the first shark attack on a human on the popular summer tourist destination since 2012.
A man was attacked by a shark while swimming off a Cape Cod beach Wednesday, and suffered what one witness called a "very serious" injury, Cape Cod Times reported.

A town official in Truro, where the attack occurred, said the 61-year-old man suffered "deep puncture wounds to the hip and torso area," and had to be taken to the hospital by helicopter, according to boston25news.com.

Before he was taken to a hospital in Boston, the man said he was standing in ocean water 30 yards from the Long Nook Beach when he was attacked by the shark, per WCVB.

There is no word on the man's condition, but the beach was closed after he was attacked at about 4:15 p.m., the Boston Globe reported.

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Barbarian residents of the Faroe Islands slaughter 180 whales

Sara Malm
Daily Mail
Thu, 16 Aug 2018 19:27 UTC
Hunting season: Dozens of villagers on Vágar, Faroe Islands, gather to help out in the hunting and butchering of a pod of some 180 whales
Hunting season: Dozens of villagers on Vágar, Faroe Islands, gather to help out in the hunting and butchering of a pod of some 180 whales
These images show dozens of villagers on a remote Atlantic island hunting down and slaughtering a pod of whales, colouring the water red with blood.

The practice, known as whale driving, saw children as young as five take part in the hunt of some 180 whales in the village of Sandavágur on Vágar island last month.

Every summer, hundreds of pilot and beaked whales are killed across the Faroe Islands, a Danish archipelago located hundreds of miles off the Scottish coast between Norway and Iceland.

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Dead humpback whale found at Ocean Shores Beach, Washington

Chris Jasurek
Tthe Epoch Times
Mon, 13 Aug 2018 19:54 UTC
dead whale
The corpse of a humpback whale washed up on Ocean Shores Beach, Washington, on Aug. 11, possibly killed by getting wrapped up in fishing lines.

The whale had been floating offshore for a few days, monitored by scientists from the nonprofit Cascadia Research Center (CRC).

Commercial fishing gear is a deadly hazard for marine mammals. Fishermen leave lines and nets extending across miles of ocean, which whales cannot see. Whales become entangled and can drown, or can get deeply lacerated by the lines as they thrash in an effort to get free.

According to CRC researcher John Calambokidis, more than a dozen whales have died by entanglement so far this year.
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Hundreds of thousands of dead fish discovered in rivers across New Taipei City, Taiwan

Lin Chang-shun and Wang Szu-chi
Focus Taiwan
Tue, 14 Aug 2018 12:32 UTC
dead fish in the Tamsui River
Dead fish in the Tamsui River
Hundreds of thousands of mullet were reported dead in rivers across New Taipei City Monday, with a preliminary investigation indicating the cause of death was consecutive days of high temperatures rather than water pollution, the city's Water Resources Department said Tuesday.

The dead fish were found in the Tamsui River, Xindian River, Dahan River and Keelung River, officials said, adding that about 100,000 dead fish have so far been removed from the rivers.

The officials said they expected to finish removing the dead fish within three days.
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Another dead Cuvier's beaked whale found on beach in Donegal, Ireland - 3rd for the county in recent days


Derry Now
Tue, 14 Aug 2018 15:13 UTC
dead whale
Another Cuvier's beaked whale has washed up on a Donegal beach, just days after the discovery of two whales on two separate sites in the county.

On August 4, two Cuvier's beaked whales were found dead in Sheephaven Bay and Gola Island.

However a third whale has now been found washed up Pollan beach in Ballyliffin in recent days.

A Derry holiday maker who saw the whale said it was a very sad sight.

Comment: See also: Three dead beaked whales found in 'highly unusual' strandings on west coast of Ireland

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More than 30 dead harbor seals wash ashore in southern Maine in 2 days

Dennis Hoey and Gillian Graham
Press Herald
Tue, 14 Aug 2018 14:58 UTC
A dead seal on the shore at Bayview Beach in Saco on Sunday. This was one of several dead seals reported on the beach over the past two days.
© Shawn Patrick OuelletteA dead seal on the shore at Bayview Beach in Saco on Sunday. This was one of several dead seals reported on the beach over the past two days.
Marine mammal experts are testing tissue samples for a potential common cause of the surge in carcasses found on the state's beaches this year.

Marine mammal experts are at a loss to explain why a large number of harbor seals have turned up dead on beaches in southern Maine this summer.

The most recent cluster of deaths was reported Monday when the carcasses of 11 harbor seals, mostly pups, were discovered on Bayview and Kinney Shores beaches in Saco. Those beaches are situated between Ocean Park and Ferry Beach State Park.

In the past two days, more than 30 dead harbor seals have washed ashore on southern Maine beaches, including Wells Beach and Ogunquit Beach, said Lynda Doughty, executive director of Marine Mammals of Maine, which investigated the Saco seal deaths.
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Two pit bulls terriers kill woman in Montgomery County, North Carolina


wsoctv.com
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 14:28 UTC
PIT BULL ATTACK
Two pit bulls attacked and killed a 66-year-old woman while she was taking a walk in a Lake Tillery development on the western side of Montgomery County, authorities said.

The woman did not return home from her walk Thursday so her husband and neighbors searched the area.

They couldn't find her and called 911.

Deputies and emergency personnel discovered her body along an unused road.

It appeared she was attacked by dogs and authorities later located them in the neighborhood.

Comment: A list of the fatalities caused by this type of dog across America over the last 12 months:

Woman killed by pit bull terrier in Chicago

Boy, 2, killed by several pit bull terriers in Philadelphia

6-year-old girl dies following pit bull attack in Jacksonville, Florida

8-month-old girl killed by family pit bull in Miramar, Florida

Family pit bull terrier kills 6-year-old boy in Altoona, Pennsylvania

Woman killed by 2 pit bull terriers in Gulfport, Mississippi

Woman mauled to death by at least one of her pit bull terriers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Boy killed by family pit bull terrier in Converse, Texas

Young girl killed by pit bull terrier in Duncan, Oklahoma

Woman killed by pit bull terrier in West Monroe, Louisiana

Woman killed by 2 pit bull terriers in Bell County, Kentucky

Woman mauled to death by her pit bull terriers in Goochland County, Virginia

Elderly woman killed by her own pit bull terrier in Alsip, Illinois

Woman killed by pack of pit bull terriers in Jackson County, Alabama; second such attack in the state in 10 days

Pack of 4 pit bull terriers kill woman in Guntersville, Alabama; seriously injure another

Man dies following attack by 4 pit bull terriers in Philadelphia

Boy killed by 2 pit bull terriers in Lowell, Massachusetts

61-year-old woman killed by pit bull terrier in Gilmer County, Georgia

1-month-old baby killed by 2 pit bull terriers in Knox County, Ohio

Woman dies from injuries sustained in pit bull terrier attack in Neshoba County, Mississippi

Woman dies following pit bull terrier attack in Calhoun County, Florida

If something in the environment is causing people to become more erratic, aggressive and odd in their behavior one might reasonably expect such manifestations to be reflected in the animal kingdom. Particularly in those domesticated creatures close to humans, for example dogs and then for certain kinds of dogs with questionable temperaments to go crazy with increasing frequency. Could this be the pattern happening now?

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Rabid beaver attacking father and daughter on kayak caught on video in Adams County, Pennsylvania

Jack Phillips
Epoch Times
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 12:00 UTC
father daughter rabid beaver attack
© (Dan Wherley/ Facebook)A Pennsylvania man and his daughter said they were attacked by a large beaver while they were kayaking in Adams County.
A Pennsylvania man and his daughter said they were attacked by a large beaver while they were kayaking in Adams County on Aug. 5.

Dan Wherley and Layla, 7, were kakaying down Conewago Creek when the beaver came close to them.

"I looked, and it was a beaver scratching at it, and I thought 'Wow, that's pretty cool-a beaver came up to us!' It wouldn't stop, so I used my paddle tried to hit it to get it away, and it just wouldn't stop, wouldn't stop," Wherley told WPMT-TV in a report on Aug. 9.

"The beaver came up to the kayak, and tried to get in the kayak," said Layla.

"I jumped out of my kayak and ran to her. I got to her kayak the same time the beaver did, it climbed up on the back of her kayak, started to, and I had to punch it to get it off, cause I didn't have anything with me," added Wherley in the report.

Comment: Are we seeing a rise in the spread of infectious diseases as well as animal attacks? And are they in some way connected?

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